DEF Establishes First Scholarship

RAPAPORT... The Diamond Empowerment Fund (DEF) has launched its first
scholarship in partnership with the Mandela Institute for Development Studies
(MINDS).

The grant will go to a student from a diamond-producing
country whose chosen field of postgraduate study facilitates improving the
quality of life for Africans.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with the Mandela Institute
for Development Studies and to continue the legacy of giving back to the very
communities where diamonds are found,” said DEF president and GIA senior vice
president Anna Martin.

The scholarship is the first of several the DEF will issue
in the coming months, it added.